Soul Man Movie Review 1986

Denied the funds he expected for his Harvard tuition, a young white student (Howell) masquerades as a black in order to get a minority scholarship. As a black student at Harvard, Howell learns about racism and bigotry. Pleasant lightweight comedy with romance thrown in (Chong is the black girl he falls for), and with pretensions to social satire that it never achieves.

Distribution

Anchor Bay Entertainment, 1699 Stutz Dr., Troy, MI 48084, Phone: (248)816-0909, Toll-free: 800-786-8777, Fax: (248)816-3335, URL: http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Not-So-True Identity, Campus Capers, Ethics & Morals

Screenplay

Carol Black

Cast

C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, James Earl Jones, Leslie Nielsen, Arye Gross

Cinematography

Jeffrey Jur

Director

Steve Miner

Music

Tom Scott

Other

David Finfer

Producer

New World Pictures